Mokhtar, N. M. and Lau, W. J. and Ismail, A. F. and Veerasamy, D. (2015) Membrane distillation technology for treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia. In: 12th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2014, 22-24 Sep 2014, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.161
Abstract
The possibility of using direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) for the treatment of rubber processing effluent (DCMD) has been investigated in this work. The in-house made polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) mixed matrix membrane incorporated with inorganic material of Cloisite® 15A was employed as MD membrane and its performance was characterized with respect to permeate flux and rejection against several important water quality parameters. The obtained results showed that the DCMD process was able to reduce significantly the levels of total organic carbon (TOC), total dissolved solid (TDS), sulphate, colour, turbidity and conductivity in rubber industry wastewater, recording at least 96% removal efficiency irrespective of parameters. Nevertheless, flux decline was experienced in DCMD and this could be mainly caused by the concentration polarization, temperature polarization and membrane fouling itself.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | membrane distillation, rubber industry, wastewater treatment |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Chemical and Energy Engineering |
| ID Code: | 59369 |
| Deposited By: | Haliza Zainal |
| Deposited On: | 18 Jan 2017 01:50 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2022 01:30 |
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